Fossil Fuels

Fossil fuels: natural processes such as decomposition of buried dead organisms that have been there for thousands to millions of years.

Pro's

• stable to burn
• easy to find
• easily stored and transported
• very abundant in the world
• low cost
• reliable

Pro's part 2

• income can help countries
• no other energy can replace fossil fuels
• well developed
• easy to get

Cons

• Pollution!
• contribute to globle warming
• Non-renewable
• unsustanable
• incentified
• accidents with gas trucks
• accidents with drilling

cons part 2

• environmental hazards
• unpleasant odors
• coal can contribute acid rain

Where are fossil fuels located?

• Earth's crust that has been produced by hard conditions and high pressures acting on dead organisms.
• Fossil fuels began as living plants and animals, which died and subsequently decayed

How is it harnessed

• Fossil power plants burn the fossil fuel
• Then steam is generated
• Lastly the steam drives the large turbines that produce electricity.

Facts

• Fossil fuels are formed by the decomposition of remains of once alive organisms
• Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources because they take millions of years to form, and the remaining left are depleting faster then they are reforming.

Facts (Part 2)

• Coal is an abundant fossil resource that contains mostly carbon.
• Natural gas is the gas component of coal and oil formation.

Drilling oil

Coal being burned in a furnace by a train

Natural gas

bibliography

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/fossil_fuel.htm
• http://energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-sources/fossil
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel
• http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/Advantages_FossilFuels.php
• http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/152839/

Bibliography (Part 2)

• http://energyinformative.org/fossil-fuels-pros-and-cons/
• http://www.seai.ie/Schools/Post_Primary/Subjects/Geography_JC/Pros_Cons/